Proverbs 1:20-33 paints a picture of wisdom as a woman crying aloud in the streets. She seeks and calls out to all. She is not elitist or exclusive; her offer is available to all.
Yet, despite her accessibility, she is rejected. Those who reject do so to their own destruction. Wisdom can only laugh at their foolishness and the pain it brings to them—she did all she could do—it did not have to be this way.
Had they responded, she would have filled them with her thoughts, her wisdom. Instead, they focused on their lives of simplistic foolishness and mockery. As fools, they mocked at wisdom.
When their destruction comes, they cry out for wisdom but it is too late; the damage is done. Their choices now bear fruit that they must eat. Their foolishness has been self-destructive.
In contrast, those who hear the call of wisdom and listens to her teachings will be at peace and in safety. What is the wisdom that they accept? The fear of the Lord; respect for His teachings and His path.
Wisdom still cries aloud in the street calling out to all who will listen. Each person faces the age-old choice: the path of wisdom or the path of foolishness, the path of life or the path of death, the fear of the Lord or destruction.
Which will we choose?
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